ActionFit check
Is The Left Behind worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Solo survival players who want escalating night attacks
- Small groups seeking online co-op for up to four people
- Open-world explorers interested in entering and looting buildings
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed, linear campaign rather than repeated survival sessions with high-score chasing
- Players who prefer constant daytime exploration instead of resource management and escalating nighttime attacks
- Players looking for a primarily puzzle-focused or climbing-focused adventure
Our take on The Left Behind
Rather than keeping survival pressure constant, the game divides its rhythm between daytime scavenging and nighttime enemy attacks. Its Dutch setting and fully enterable buildings also replace the genre’s more common generic wilderness backdrop with a more specific exploration space.
What is The Left Behind?
The Left Behind is a solo or online co-op survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Dutch landscape.
Daytime is used to explore, hunt, gather supplies, and search buildings for loot; every building can be entered. At night, enemy hordes arrive and become more difficult with each passing night. Players monitor food, thirst, and health while unlocking areas and melee or ranged weapons. The game includes story, survival, horde, and open-world exploration modes. Up to four people can play together, or compete to see who lasts longest. Encounters include different enemies and animals, while a mysterious story provides additional context. Each session tracks a high score based on survival.
How The Left Behind plays
- 01Day-night survival
- Daytime supports scavenging and hunting, while increasingly difficult enemy hordes appear after dark.
- 02Enterable buildings
- Every building in the game can be entered and searched for supplies.
- 03Four-player co-op
- The game supports solo play and online groups of up to four people.
- 04Multiple game modes
- Story, survival, horde, and open-world exploration modes offer different session structures.
- 05Weapon progression
- New areas and melee or ranged weapons become available during play.
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The Left Behind: platforms & release
Is The Left Behind worth it?
It is worth it if: solo survival players who want escalating night attacks. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed, linear campaign rather than repeated survival sessions with high-score chasing.
Where can I download The Left Behind?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Left Behind's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Left Behind on?
Windows only.
